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Bucs Fans Turn Out For Evans

Bucs fans seem generally giddy today, except when they’re attacking Joe in waves upon waves upon waves of hate and angst both here and on Twitter for no good reason.

You would have thought Joe engineered a plot to have Son of Bob become the next starting quarterback.

Joe knows the honeymoon is in full swing for new Bucs coach Lovie Smith and general manager Jason Licht. Last evening was further romance as the Bucs drafted wide receiver Mike Evans with the seventh pick in the draft.

Even Evans, who is so new to town he probably doesn’t even know who Dale Mabry is, is feeling the warm embrace of Bucs fans and is energized by it.

When the Bucs took Evans from Tampa International Airport this morning to meet the pen and mic club and start doing paperwork for his new job, Evans was met by a rowdy group of Bucs fans at the airport to welcome him to Tampa Bay.

“A lot of fans showed their love,” Evans said. “It is great. It shows we have a great fan base. I’m looking forward to that.”

D-Money nailed it. (Deleted for lie.–Joe)The fact you haven’t exactly taken passing on Manziel very well either doesn’t help. We still love the site Joe, we just hope it’s going to be exclusively Bucs-centric again because we love the Bucs and talking about them. While I pretty much despised the Manziel stuff, I accepted it because he could have become a Buc. Now he’s not, so it’d be nice to never hear about it again.

COME ON JOE You have plenty of reason to get waves and waves of hate you don’t shut up about JF and constantly bitch about glennon whether it be in subtle little bombs or a full blog about it , i use to come here because i enjoyed reading your blog but now its just annoying.That’s funny. You claim you know all about what Joe writes about but at the same time you claim not to come here much anymore. Scroll down. You’ll find plenty of all kinds of stuff. Wait. Never mind. You won’t be back. –Joe

Yeah…what he said…. Joe…..ive emailed you….you know we love ya man…..I come here multiple times per day every single day…..but cmon man…..you have been all over Johnny for months. To not expect some level of crap…now if people are going nuts with it on twitter…or in the comments here…thats not cool…and reason number 5676 that I hate twitter… All the love man….you will weather the storm

Where exactly did Joe write that he didn’t expect a level of crap?–Joe

Hate to break it to the Carr fan club, but it’s unlikely the Bucs move up to get him in Rnd 2. Maybe if he falls to them they go that route, but I honestly believe Lovie, Tedford, and Licht have looked at the current Bucs QB’s and are pleased. I think part of the sting for some is Lovie played the local media like a fiddle which even hooked some national scribes too. Only problem was there wasn’t enough interest in Manziel to fleece another GM to move up ahead of Minnesota. Regardless Bucs addressed a real need this year, now go get some O-line help guys

JoeBiased.com (Sir, Joe runs an opinion-driven website. Of course Joe is biased. Everyone coming here already knows that. The entire draft is based on prejudice and bias in evaluation. Head coaches and GMs themselves are “biased” against late-round picks versus guys making bigger money. The whole spirit of modern fandom — and much of old school fandom — is about bias. )–Joe

Very interested in seeing how Dirtball plays out in Cleveland. I think Dirtball is too small and petite for the NFL, and moves out of the pocket too quickly. This is a recipe for injury plagued seasons ala RG3. The AFC north defenses will not be kind to Johnny Dirtball

I’ve had to endure several Presidents I didn’t vote for along with other officials….but, I always am willing to give them a chance and….after all, they are our Presidents…..
The point being…now that the pick has been made and perhaps the decision of going with McCown/Glennon this year….its time to rally around Lovie/Licht…and root for our team……and, root for you too, Joe!!!

I know I have taken some shots at Joe. I hope Joe understands that it isn’t personal. I do like this site and Joe put interesting stuff out there everyday. I will say this however, Joe, I will always crack on your lousy taste in beer (lite) and for ruing Crown Royal by mixing it with coke zero (ugh). Keep up the good work.

I agree with Max! I come here because of the insights and the way Joe writes. This is not Fox News, fair and balanced! I love Joes love for Johnny Football. I was not a fan of drafting JF, but loved reading Joe’s love for the player. This is why I love this site, it is different and offers more than bland sports news, or rehashed Bucs news. Keep writing the way you feel and see it Joe! This site is the first one I look at in the morning, everyday! Go Bucs!!

I chuckle at all the internet tuffies busting Joe’s stones over Johnny Football. Evans has great potential but isn’t he a VJ clone? I was with Joe on the JF hope….sure would have been fun. Not even a great, record breaking receiver like Calvin Johnson can carry a team. A qb can…

The more I think about it the more I like pairing VJax and Evans then grabbing the best OL available in the 2nd round. Not very sexy but pretty smart. You have to have a strong offensive line in the NFL to have success.

It will be most interesting when we play Cleveland this year especially if JF is their QB, no matter which way it goes there will be a lot of “I told you so’s” being tossed around afterwards. That will be a fun game to watch.